Andrew McLean

Andrew McLean lives in Park City, Utah and is a gear designer, writer, photographer, ski mountaineer, climber, Mountain Unicycle rider and father of two very loud little girls.

rss feed

Andrew McLean's Latest Posts

OR Show Recap

OR Show Recap

| January 28, 2011 | 2 Comments

The Fall 2011 OR Show has come and gone, and as usual, it was great fun.  I probably did more skiing and less reviewing than I should have, but with so many fun people in town it was hard to say no.  The skiing itself was a skiff of powder on top of bullet-proof ice, […]

Continue Reading

Job Opening – Female Ski Mountaineer

Job Opening – Female Ski Mountaineer

| January 26, 2011 | 14 Comments

At the recent Outdoor Retailer Show (details forthcoming) I was asked by three different companies for recommendations regarding a female Ski Mountaineer.  I know they/you are out there… Job Description: Go to exotic locations, climb beautiful mountains and ski them Provide product feeback Public speaking about the glories of Ski Mountaineering Photo shoot pose-downs Teach […]

Continue Reading

Silverton Mini TR

Silverton Mini TR

| January 18, 2011 | 10 Comments

Silverton, CO was great as always, and it was fun to see some friends, do some skiing and enjoy the fantastic mountains.  The first day we skied a very aesthetic little couloir known as “Crown Royal” as I think it goes off of Crown Peak.  Conditions were mixed, but the chute was a 5-star beauty […]

Continue Reading

Silverton Slideshow – Jan 15th

Silverton Slideshow – Jan 15th

| January 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

I’m heading to Silverton, CO this weekend with my avalanche airbag to give a slideshow at the Silverton Avalanche School.  It will be the Alaska Family Values show (I know, I know… I’ll put together a new one soon) and it is open to the public with a reasonable entry fee which I believe goes […]

Continue Reading

Iceberg Ski Snoggin’

Iceberg Ski Snoggin’

| January 13, 2011 | 14 Comments

I was hoping that the three-headed love child I had with Brad Pitt after our night of reckless Hollywood play-pal fun would make the front page of The Sun, but that will have to wait.  For now, it is just your standard issue “Daredevil’s Super Iceberg Ski Stunt.”

Continue Reading

Touring with George Lowe & Tidbits

Touring with George Lowe & Tidbits

| January 10, 2011 | 10 Comments

Have I mentioned what a great season the Wasatch has been having?  We haven’t had any significant amounts of new snow for two weeks, but there is still some excellent powder to be had.  The 4-6″ trace we had on Sunday (a virtual dump by CO standards) freshened things up a bit, but was so […]

Continue Reading

Shovelful of Love

Shovelful of Love

| January 6, 2011 | 8 Comments

I’ve owned, broken, loved and hated about 15 different avalanche shovels over the years and admit to being very opinionated about them.  Shovels aren’t rocket science and I can usually tell if I’m going to like a shovel or not just by deploying it and shaking it like a baby rattle.  If it is loose, […]

Continue Reading

New Beacon Pouch

New Beacon Pouch

| January 6, 2011 | 11 Comments

As part of my lightening-up bender, my old beacon pouch got the chop and was replaced with a new one.  The old one was fine, but it succumbed to the Law Of Luggage, which states that the amount of crap you take with you will fill all existing carrying space and then some.  It was […]

Continue Reading

Coalpit Hand Rappel

Coalpit Hand Rappel

| January 3, 2011 | 12 Comments

Now that the snowpack has filled in to about the 6,500′, the Wasatch backcountry is officially open for the season.  This is good in many ways, but one of the biggest benefits is that a low elevation snowpack means that many of the bigger lines are now skiable and most importantly, there are many, many […]

Continue Reading

Infectious Greed – Book Review

Infectious Greed – Book Review

| December 29, 2010 | 0 Comments

Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets by Frank Partnoy Both awesome and overwhelming at the same time and one of the few non-fiction financial books that I got tossed off of and couldn’t finish.  Part of the issue with this book is that it is so well documented and detailed that […]

Continue Reading